Improvement in safety attachments foe pociet-booes



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THEODORE A. WEBER, OF NE/'W YORK, N. Y.

' Margraten No. 63,590, ma Aprile, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY ATTAGEMENTS FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, TIIEODORE ALWEBER, of thc city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improved Safety Attachments to'Pocket-Books, etc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, refercncebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-'- Figure I represents a front view of this invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of ythe same.

Figure 3 is a transverse section of vthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an attachment to`pocket-oooks, watches, and other articles which are generally carried in the pocket, said attachment being composed of a hook which isi-intended to penetrate the lining of the pocket and which is impelled by a spring and operated by a levrvinfasilch a manner that by the action of said hook the pocket-book or other article is firmly secured to the pocket, and by raising the lever said pocketbook or other article can be readily released at any moment.

A represents a pocket-book, to which is secured the case B, which forms the bearing for a Small arbor, a, to which the hook b is attached. Said arbor is provided with a lever, c, which serves to turn the same together with the hook against the action of a coiled spring, d, one endof which is secured to the case and the other to the arbor in such a manner that it has a tendency to turn said arbor in the direction of the arrow marked near it in iig. If the poeketbook or other article is dropped in the pocketV and the hook is raised or drawn back and then allowed to spring forward, it (the book) catches in o1' penetrates the lining of the pocket, and said pocket-book or other article is securely retained in Athepocket perfectly safe against pickpockets. By raising the hook it is made to release the lining, and the pocket-book or other article can be withdrawn from the pocket. By these means a simple attachment is obtained which forms a perfect safeguard against pickpockets.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The device for the purpose described, consisting of a hook b, spring d, lever c, and case B, in combination with the pocket-book A, substantially as and for the purposespecifled.

.THEonoRE A. WEBER. Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAnARA, W. HAUFF. 

